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#145 Tunnel

Apr06
by on 2010-04-06 at 00:00
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Yesterday you needed to know about the double slit experiment, and today’s joke is entirely mysterious for those who’ve never heard of quantum tunnelling. I apologise. Don’t worry, this story line is now on hold for a while.

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1. Photon is in prison...
2. --sigh
3. --clang! --eh?
4. --clang! clunk!
5. (hi! I'm Quantum) (I've tunnelled through) --but how?
6. (would you believe... I put the soil inside a vaulting horse?)


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#143 Sentence

Mar31
by on 2010-03-31 at 00:00
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Those mystified by the last panel in this thrilling saga may care to visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment, and certainly to do so before the next installment.

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1. Photon is in the dock... (this court finds that you acted in aggravated self-defense) --phew!
2. (however, we don't like your kind round here)
3. (therefore, by the powers invested in me by the people of Invisibulia;)
4. (...and by a whole extra set of powers I've mad up for myself as a result of a creativity training course;)
5. (...and because there's an experiment I've always wanted to try;)
6. (...I sentence you to life confinement in the Young's Double Slit cell) --gasp!


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#142 Speed Of Sound

Mar28
by on 2010-03-28 at 00:00
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1. Photon is arrested a long way from home... (from watching TV I know you are allowed to call a lawyer)
2. {thanks. It's long distance} (how long?) {six billion light years}
3. Soon... <don't say anything until I get there> {great ... how long will that be?}
4. <six billion years, at the speed of light>
5. {so how is this phone call working so fast?}
6. <I'm a ventriloquist> --tbc...


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#141 Ello Ello

Mar25
by on 2010-03-25 at 00:00
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1. Photon turns electromagnetic force against the dark ones...
2. (he's trying to roast us!) (we'd be toast...)
3. (...but as dark matter & energy we choose to ignore it) (hur hur)
4. ['ello 'ello] {thank goodness you're here, officer -- these two attacked me}
5. [never mind that, sonny Jim, use of electromagnetic force is a serious crime in Invisibulia]
6. [you're nicked] (now the _heat_'s on him!) (hur hur) --tbc...


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#140 Electromagnetic

Mar22
by on 2010-03-22 at 00:00
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1. On holiday in Invisibulia the Photons have been treated unkindly by the locals, dark matter and dark energy... --groan
2. {I can't believe they attacked us like that!} {yes, their puns are worse than ours} (ha ha) (hur hur)
3. {but I'm not afraid of the dark! Hey, come back here and fight} (he means -- us?)
4. {I'll use ... the FORCE}
5.
6. electromagnetic force! -- to be continued!


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#139 Enmity

Mar19
by on 2010-03-19 at 00:00
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1. The Photons are on holiday in Invisibulia
2. --I'm getting to like it here - why don't we stay?
3. Suddenly! (oh no you don't sonny boy. You're steppin' on our patch!) (like he said. We'll take you down)
4. --really - and who are you?
5. (I'm dark matter) (and I'm dark energy) (we're in charge here) BIFF --ow!
6. (photons!) (hur hur!) (that'll _enlighten_ 'em) --groan ...to be continued!


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#138 Photons Relax

Mar16
by on 2010-03-16 at 00:00
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1. The Photons are on holiday in Invisibulia
2. --it's so boring here --there's nothing to see
3. --I can't believe we travelled six billion light years for _this_
4. --but you have to admit, there are compensations...
5. --no interference from other photons
6. and a very relaxed set of Maxwell's equations [NOTICE curl(E) ~=~ -dB/dt by order]


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#137 Lightyears

Mar13
by on 2010-03-13 at 00:00
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1. for billions of years
2. these photons have raced through space
3. covering unimaginable distances
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5. (are we _there_ yet?) to arrive, finally in Invisibulia
6. --this place is a dump! --this was _your_ idea


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#136 Mass Allowance

Mar10
by on 2010-03-10 at 00:00
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1. --Photon Phlights CHECK IN --PP1397 INVISIBULIA 12:15 ON TIME
2. {welcome to Photon Phlights - can I see your tickets please?}
3.
4. --0015eV Baggage Mass {sorry sir, but your baggage is well over the limit}
5.(but I thought we were allowed 20eV, this is only 15!)
6. {yes sir, 20eV travelling, not rest mass}


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#134 The Force

Mar04
by on 2010-03-04 at 00:00
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1. (prepare to die!)
2. --vzzzrr
3. --vrrrr --vzzzrr
4. (you're doomed now! Your light sabure is broken!) [that's what _you_ think]
5. [my light sabure works in UV] (UV? what's the point?)
6. [even if I miss you you'll get a nasty, itchy sun burn]


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